Fani-Kayode Breaks Silence on Alleged Killing of Christians in Nigeria

Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has dismissed claims circulating in the United States that 500,000 Christians were killed by Muslims in Nigeria over the past year. The allegation, which gained traction on social media after being repeated by American television host Bill Maher and Radio Genoa, has already been denied by the Nigerian government.

In a statement on his social media platforms, Fani-Kayode alleged that the reports were part of a coordinated disinformation campaign by what he described as “Jewish-controlled media in America.” He linked the development to Nigeria’s stance at the United Nations, where Vice President Kashim Shettima condemned Israel’s actions in Gaza during the 80th session of the UN General Assembly.

According to the former minister, the objective of the narrative being pushed in the U.S. was to “divide Nigeria along religious lines” and provoke the administration of President Donald Trump to impose sanctions and destabilize the country.

“We should expect more of this sort of disinformation from the American media because they want to divide us on religious lines, malign us as Christian-haters before the world and give Trump a reason to call us out and not only sanction but also destabilise and terrorise our country,” Fani-Kayode wrote.

He insisted that the alleged plot to incite conflict between Muslims and Christians in Nigeria would not succeed. “Nigeria is not Palestine and neither are we cowards. We cannot be divided, intimidated, bullied, destroyed or subjected to the same treatment as Libya, Syria, Lebanon, Iraq or Gaza,” he said.

Fani-Kayode added that the country’s armed forces and security agencies were successfully confronting terrorists attacking both Christian and Muslim communities. “These terrorists make no distinction when it comes to religious faith when they kill our people. They are attempting to kill us all, whether Christian or Muslim, and we are also fighting back and resisting them as one and in one accord,” he stated.

Describing the conflict as a battle for Nigeria’s “soul and destiny,” Fani-Kayode rejected the framing of the violence as a Christian-versus-Muslim war. “It is a terrorist versus the Nigerian people war,” he said, accusing the American media and its “Zionist sponsors” of distorting the situation.

Quoting scripture, he concluded that Nigeria would overcome both terrorism and what he called foreign-backed disinformation: “If God be for us, who can be against us? Our country and our people shall not fail, we shall not fall and we shall not be ashamed!”